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Web Mercator, Google Web Mercator, Spherical Mercator, WGS 84 Web Mercator [1] or WGS 84/Pseudo-Mercator is a variant of the Mercator map projection and is the de facto standard for Web mapping applications. It rose to prominence when Google Maps adopted it in 2005. [2] It is used by virtually all major online map providers, including Google ...
Sundar Pichai. Pichai Sundararajan (born June 10, 1972 [3] [4] [5] ), better known as Sundar Pichai ( / ˈsʊndɑːr pɪˈtʃaɪ / ), is an Indian-born American business executive. [6] [7] He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google. [8] Pichai began his career as a materials engineer.
List of satellite map images with missing or unclear data. Sightsmap. Google Street View. Street View Trusted.
An isochrone map in geography and urban planning is a map that depicts the area accessible from a point within a certain time threshold. [1] An isochrone (iso = equal, chrone = time) is defined as "a line drawn on a map connecting points at which something occurs or arrives at the same time". [2] In hydrology and transportation planning ...
A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of the Earth. While this is true of any map, these distortions reach extremes in a world map.
Arkansas ( / ˈɑːrkənsɔː / ⓘ AR-kən-saw [c]) is a landlocked state in the South Central region of the Southern United States. [9] [10] It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma to the west. Its name derives from the Osage language, and refers to ...
A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes. Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive. Although most commonly used to depict geography, maps may represent any space, real or fictional, without regard ...
Rhodesia ( / roʊˈdiːʒə / ⓘ roh-DEE-zhə, / roʊˈdiːʃə / roh-DEE-shə; [2] Shona: Rodizha ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, [3] was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979. During this fourteen year period Rhodesia served as the de facto successor state to the British colony of Southern Rhodesia, and ...